Last October, John Conlon came to visit my school to promote Chess for Learning. My school then purchased chess sets for the children to use in the classroom and so far it has been a great success. John has kindly sent me the information regarding Chess for Learning so that more teachers and schools can […]

2 weeks back and this is the first chance I’ve had to write a blogpost. Here is a quick overview of what is working well so far since we got back to school. Table layout Our classrooms were given a deep clean during the Christmas holidays, so we had to have all the tables cleared […]

I asked my dad recently about how he learnt music in primary school when he was growing up in Belfast in the 60’s. He told me about the BBC radio show “Singing Together” which broadcast every Monday morning at 11am. Classrooms across the country would tune in and sing along to songs covering everything from […]

Things have been super busy for me over the last few months as we bought our first home and moved house the week before Christmas. Every spare moment has been (and continues to be) spent with the bank, solicitors, in furniture shops, measuring rooms and picking floors and blinds. I took some time off over […]

It’s been 3 weeks since my last blogpost – this is probably the longest time I’ve gone without writing a blogpost in the 3 years since setting up Irish Primary Teacher. I have a huge amount on at the moment and I simply don’t have the time to write blogposts unfortunately – but hopefully things […]

Ah the Department of Education love a good confusing form – they like to make you work for everything. Personally, I don’t understand why things can’t go digital – it would be easier for everyone and so much better for the environment. But alas, here we are with a 5 page document which needs to […]

I write an explanation blogpost about the Supplementary Panel every year and it is always very popular so hopefully I can answer some of your questions here. What is the supplementary panel? The supplementary panel is a panel made up of teachers who are currently covering substitute/temporary positions who are looking for a permanent position. […]

Arts and crafts materials are always welcome! I’m constantly looking for art ideas on pinterest and picking up bits and pieces for lessons everywhere I go. Emily from S&S Arts and Crafts kindly sent me some arts and crafts resources last week. S&S Arts and Crafts offer a wide range of arts and crafts materials. […]

When I found out I was going to have 5th class this year, I was delighted and I quickly thought of the Maths curriculum – I think there is a huge amount in the 5th class Maths curriculum and one of the most difficult areas to teach is long division. When I was on teaching […]